What's the biggest historical event in your lifetime that you can remember?

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I've asked some family members this question and here's what i heard from them.

Great Aunt (Born 1917), "1929 Stock Market Crash / End of WWII"

Grandfather (Born 1935),"JFK Assassination / September 11th"

Dad (Born 1961), "September 11th / Moon Landing"

Cousin (Born 1987), "September 11th"

Myself (Born 1996), "September 11th"

Brexit for me.

Obama being the first African American president.

9/11 by far because of the impact it had on so many people. Like I was talking to a kid on youtube who was born in 2006 and he told me he's scared of riding planes because of 9/11, I'm like, "dude you weren't even born yet but yet it scares you". I rode a plane 3 times and all of them were post 9/11 and I remember hearing anyone in my family being freaked out by terrorism when I rode the plane except maybe in 2012 due to all the wars terrorist attacks that was going on during that time, but we didn't think much of it because we were too excited about visiting Chicago.

The biggest event that I remember is probably the advent of the smartphone or the great recession. But the biggest event in general would definitely be 9/11.

9/11,  and Y2k.

Obama being the first African American president.

I was born in 1981 so to me it was:

1986 Chernobyl disaster.
1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall
1990 Reunification of Germany
2001 9/11

Tsunami 2004
Katrina
The fall of Sadam Hussein
Obama election
The 2008 crash
The 2011 Japan earthquake
The start of the Arab Spring

Yes, I watched a ton of news when I was younger, shut up >:(

Tsunami 2004
Katrina
The fall of Sadam Hussein
Obama election
The 2008 crash
The 2011 Japan earthquake
The start of the Arab Spring

Yes, I watched a ton of news when I was younger, shut up >:(


The 2008 crash was very memorable for me, I was watching Good Morning America before school and I remember the day after that I had a fever and I was shaking in my bed with the light left on in my room so uncomfortable  :-\\

I didn't go to school the day Obama was inaugurated both times (Tuesday January 20, 2009 and Monday January 21, 2013).

Death of Osama Bin Laden was pretty major.

2001: 9/11
2007/2008: Great Recession
2011: Killing of Osama Bin Laden
2014: The rise of fringe movements (both fringe right and fringe left)
2016: Trump v. Hillary election

JFK Assassination (1963)
Moon Landing (1969)
Watergate Scandal (1972-1974)
Chernobyl disaster (1986)
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Fall of the Soviet Union (1991)
Princess Diana's death (1997)
9/11 (2001)

Brexit for me.



Obama being the first African American president.



9/11,  and Y2k.



Tsunami 2004
Katrina
The fall of Sadam Hussein
Obama election
The 2008 crash
The 2011 Japan earthquake
The start of the Arab Spring

Yes, I watched a ton of news when I was younger, shut up >:(



Death of Osama Bin Laden was pretty major.



2001: 9/11
2007/2008: Great Recession
2011: Killing of Osama Bin Laden
2014: The rise of fringe movements (both fringe right and fringe left)
2016: Trump v. Hillary election


All of these also apply to me.

It's definitely Trump getting elected. I remember on that day everyone was shocked and I even saw a few people cry. The only thing my friends wanted to talk about was politics. It was crazy and I was a little bit nervous myself as well.

Death of Osama Bin Laden was pretty major.

Yeah i agree i remember seeing it on the news alot i thought he was the president of pakistsn or something.

It's definitely Trump getting elected. I remember on that day everyone was shocked and I even saw a few people cry. The only thing my friends wanted to talk about was politics. It was crazy and I was a little bit nervous myself as well.

Yeah.

It's definitely Trump getting elected. I remember on that day everyone was shocked and I even saw a few people cry. The only thing my friends wanted to talk about was politics. It was crazy and I was a little bit nervous myself as well.


As a conservative Republican, I'll admit that Trump wasn't my first choice. However, he was definitely a better option than Hillary.

There has been many historical events that have occurred during my lifetime, but the closes one that brings it home to me, is watching the passing funeral cortege of Princess Diana in 1997.

Continuing on with what I was saying before,

There are four different types of Trump supporters

1. The person who did not have him as their first choice, but preferred him to win over Hillary

2. The stereotypical "redneck"

3. The "Love Trump, Hate SJWs" people like Steven Crowder and Ben Shapiro

4. The fringe right. This camp is the one that is sinister/dangerous. These usually consist of Klansmen, identitarians, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis.

Even though both Richard Spencer and I may be Trump supporters, it is pretty clear that the former is the fourth category (the dangerous category) and the latter (myself) is in the first category (the "did not have him as my first choice" category).

1. Trump Election

2. 9/11

3. Crimean Annexation

4. Recession

5. Obama Election

6. Brexit

7. Columbine

As a conservative Republican, I'll admit that Trump wasn't my first choice. However, he was definitely a better option than Hillary.

As a liberal Democrat, I'll admit that Trump wasn't my first choice. However, he wasn't a choice at all.

so far?
9/11

9/11 happened when I was a five month developed fetus. I don't think that'll count here. I was a lifelike thing, but not exactly born yet.

2017 Las Vegas shooting and the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting were some of the most tragic events in a while, and they both happened four months apart.. Both caused the gun control debate to gain traction.

Trump winning 2016 U.S. Election and Obama winning 2008 U.S. Election. Both very controversial. The 2016 U.S. Election was more controversial because of liberal America's outrage about the event.

I was 5-8 during the recession, and I didn't even know about it until a few years ago. My parents were and 40 when it happended, and they already had their life set up. The recession had a bigger effect on Millennials who were buying their first house.

July 7,2005 London Bombings (1 year (s) old)
Saddam Husseins hanging (2 years old)
Virginia Tech (Almost 3 years old)
Recession (3-5 years old)
Obama being the first african american president and being inaugurated. (4-5 years old)
Osama being killed. (Osama was killed 4 days before my 7th birthday)
Aurora Theatre shooting (8 years old)
Sandy Hook shooting (8 years old)
2013 Boston Bombing (8 years old)
Spread of Ebola (10-12 years old)
Rise of ISIS (10 years old)
Charleston church shooting (11 years old)
November 2015 Paris Attacks (11 years old)
San Bernadino shooting (11 years old)
2016 Brussels bombing (11 years old)
Christina Grimmies death (12 years old)
Orlando Night Club shooting (12 years old)
Trump winning the 2016 election (12 years old)
2017 Congressional baseball shooting (13 years old)
North Korean Missle Crisis (13 years old)
Las Vegas shooting (13 years old)
Texas Church shooting (13 years old)
Stoneman Douglas High School (13 years old)
Waffle House shooting (13 years old)
2018 inter-Korean summit (13 years old)
US North Korean summit (14 years old, didnt happen yet)

Too many shootings happening in my lifetime.  :(

The 1993 first World Trade Center bombing
9/11
Osama Bin Laden execution
When Trump got elected president.
Hurricane Sandy

Oh yeah, if we gonna go with just "being live" instead of actually witnessing, I might add these to my list as well:

UK gives Hong Kong back to China (4 months old)
Princess Diana dies in a car crash (6 months old)
Y2K panic (2 years old)
9/11 (4 years old)
Invasion of Afghanistan by the US (4 years old)
The Euro is in service (5 years old)
Invasion of Iraq by the US (6 years old)

Technology :P:
The iMac is launched (1 year old)
Google is launched (1 year old)
MSN Messenger is launched (2 years old)
Wikipedia is launched (3 years old)
The iPod is launched (4 years old)
Windows XP is launched (4 years old)
iTunes is launched (6 years old)
Facebook is launched (6 years old)
YouTube is launched (8 years old)
Twitter is launched (9 years old)
The iPhone is launched (10 years old)
Instagram is launched (13 years old)
Snapchat is launched (14 years old)

Oh yeah, if we gonna go with just "being live" instead of actually witnessing, I might add these to my list as well:

UK gives Hong Kong back to China (4 months old)
Princess Diana dies in a car crash (6 months old)
Y2K panic (2 years old)
9/11 (4 years old)
Invasion of Afghanistan by the US (4 years old)
The Euro is in service (5 years old)
Invasion of Iraq by the US (6 years old)

Technology :P:
The iMac is launched (1 year old)
Google is launched (1 year old)
MSN Messenger is launched (2 years old)
Wikipedia is launched (3 years old)
The iPod is launched (4 years old)
Windows XP is launched (4 years old)
iTunes is launched (6 years old)
Facebook is launched (6 years old)
YouTube is launched (8 years old)
Twitter is launched (9 years old)
The iPhone is launched (10 years old)
Instagram is launched (13 years old)
Snapchat is launched (14 years old)


The iMac is that old? Sheesh.

Damn people can remember events from when they were only a few months old?  ;D

Damn people can remember events from when they were only a few months old?  ;D

Lmao no.

Awesome responses! couple more that i can remember..
2002 DC Snipers
2005 Hurricane Katrina
2007 Virginia Tech shooting
2008 Recession
2008 Obama being elected -- was a pretty big deal in canada that he was elected, i can remember being in middle school during class & our teacher was playing his acceptance speech over the radio.
2009 Fort Hood shooting
2010 Winter Olympics in my city
2011 Bin Laden being killed
2013 Boston Bombing
2015 Paris terror attacks
2016 Trump being elected
2017 Vegas shooting

The iMac is that old? Sheesh.
Doesn't surprise me tbh. The design is incredibly of its time and so Y2K.
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Awesome responses! couple more that i can remember..
2002 DC Snipers
2005 Hurricane Katrina
2007 Virginia Tech shooting
2008 Recession
2008 Obama being elected -- was a pretty big deal in canada that he was elected, i can remember being in middle school during class & our teacher was playing his acceptance speech over the radio.
2009 Fort Hood shooting
2010 Winter Olympics in my city
2011 Bin Laden being killed
2013 Boston Bombing
2015 Paris terror attacks
2016 Trump being elected
2017 Vegas shooting

A couple more? That’s way more than a “couple” more ;D ;D ;D

Damn people can remember events from when they were only a few months old?  ;D


I can't!

I can't!

No one can.

The 2008 election will always stand out to me. I was in my last year of High School and we had school elections a couple of days before the actual election and Obama won in a squeaker IIRC. It was very contentious, I remember students actually yelling at each other in the halls over it. I remember the night Obama won, my father cried. Never saw him cry before that. He voted for Obama and I think was overwhelmed at how far the country had come (being born in 1954, he saw a lot of racial tension growing up)

The 2008 election will always stand out to me. I was in my last year of High School and we had school elections a couple of days before the actual election and Obama won in a squeaker IIRC. It was very contentious, I remember students actually yelling at each other in the halls over it. I remember the night Obama won, my father cried. Never saw him cry before that. He voted for Obama and I think was overwhelmed at how far the country had come (being born in 1954, he saw a lot of racial tension growing up)


I'm not sure if you mind if I ask, but did you vote in the 2008 election?

For me the end of the Cold War and the creation of the world wide web, all happening in 1989-1991.

I'm not sure if you mind if I ask, but did you vote in the 2008 election?


No, I turned 18 at the end of November so I wasn't able to.

I still think 9/11 changed everything. Honestly if there was no 9/11 there would possibly be no Iraq War and maybe no Obama and then maybe no Trump...see what I mean. 9/11 remains so important today and it shouldn't be underestimated. It is still absolutely THE defining event of the 21st century to me.

I still think 9/11 changed everything. Honestly if there was no 9/11 there would possibly be no Iraq War and maybe no Obama and then maybe no Trump...see what I mean. 9/11 remains so important today and it shouldn't be underestimated. It is still absolutely THE defining event of the 21st century to me.
Just like how WWII was for the 20th century ????

Just like how WWII was for the 20th century ????


9/11 = Queen Victoria's Death
either Crimean Annexation or Trump Election = WWI

As for WWII's equivalent, that event hasn't happened yet since we're not even a score through the century yet.

9/11 = Queen Victoria's Death
either Crimean Annexation or Trump Election = WWI

As for WWII's equivalent, that event hasn't happened yet since we're not even a score through the century yet.

How in any possible way is the Crimean Annexation or Trump Election anywhere close to be an equivalent of one of the deadliest wars in human history which involved so many countries accross the globe and changed the course of a whole century of history (leading even up to the most devastating war of them all, World War 2)?

Thinking of it, 9/11 is definitely the WWI of the 21th century as it lead to so many things, most importantly the World on Terror which in turn led indirectly to stuff like the rise of ISIS, the massive wave of immigrants, the terror attacks in the West and the election of Trump somewhat (still thinking the fear among people was an important aspect).

Agreed 9/11 was the similar equivalent of the Princip/Ferdinand assassination, both leading up to large scale wars